Key Insights for Healthcare Organizations The 2023 Diversion Digest from Protenus offers the latest analysis on drug diversion incidents...
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US: Novo Nordisk is proactively protecting its weight loss drugs from copycats
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertNovo Nordisk is making moves to prevent the misuse of semaglutide. The Danish company has filed several lawsuits in the...
WAFB Street Beat – Must See This Report Our Street Beat team looks at a new effort to ‘punch...
US: SAMHSA Releases Drug Abuse Warning Network Report – Findings from Drug-Related Emergency Department Visits, 2022
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press Releases, Research & PublicationsThe Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) 2022 Findings on Drug-Related Emergency Related Visits presents national estimates of drug- related...
US: HDA Recommends a Phased Approach to Implementing the Final Requirements of the DSCSA
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesThe Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA) is recommending to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) a phased approach to final...
LA: Insurance fraud a multi-billion dollar industry, team works to protect members
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertKandyce Cowart is the manager of special investigations at BCBS Louisiana. Healthcare insurance fraud is a multi-billion dollar industry....
FL: Man Arrested for Allegedly Distributing Over $230 Million of Adulterated HIV Medication
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesHealthcare Facility Rx Drug Diversion – Adulterated Medication A Florida man was arrested today for allegedly distributing more than...
There is an ongoing global threat posed by toxic cough syrups, the World Health Organization (WHO) told Reuters, saying...
FL: Man Convicted of $54M Bribery and Kickback Scheme Involving Fraudulent Prescriptions
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesA federal jury convicted a Florida man for his role in a $54 million bribery and kickback scheme involving...
AK: Former Alaska Advanced Nurse Practitioner Sentenced to 30 Years for Illegally Prescribing Millions of Opioids Causing Five Deaths
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesHealthcare Facility Rx Drug Diversion – Pill Mill Former Advanced Nurse Practitioner Jessica Joyce Spayd (52) was sentenced in...